Ancient Synagogues in Palestine: A Re-Evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik's Schweich Lectures

by Jodi Magness

Dozens of ancient synagogues have been discovered around the Mediterranean, most of which date to the fourth-sixth centuries CE and are concentrated in Palestine. In the 1930 Schweich Lectures, Eleazar Lipa Sukenik established a typology and chronology for these buildings. Ancient Synagogues in Palestine evaluates Sukenik's conclusions in light of new discoveries since his time. It opens with an overview of ancient synagogues in the region, followed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197267653
• ISBN13: 9780197267653
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"